Question

What are the causes of the depletion of natural vegetation and wildlife?
How can we conserve them?

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Introduction
• Causes for depletion
• Methods for conservation

Solution:
Natural vegetation and wildlife are valuable resources​. A plant community, which has grown naturally without human interference, is known as natural vegetation.

Wildlife includes animals, birds, insects, and aquatic life forms​.

One of the major causes of the depletion of wildlife is poaching, which results in a sharp decline in the number of species. The animals are poached for collection and illegal trade of hides, skins, nails, teeth, horns, and more.

Deforestation, soil erosion, construction activities, forest fires, tsunami, and landslides are few of the human and natural factors that accelerate the process of extinction of natural vegetation.

There are many initiatives and methods that the government is undertaking to conserve natural vegetation and wildlife.
Social forestry refers to the management and protection of forests and afforestation of barren and deforested lands with the purpose of helping the environmental, social, and rural development.

Van Mahotsav is one of the initiatives that is celebrated each year by the government to promote tree plantation and raise awareness of afforestation.

Various forest programmes have been initiated to protect wildlife and forest cover at a national park, wildlife sanctuary, and bio-reserve.

Wildlife is protected internationally with a government agreement CITES, to prevent the illegal trade of wild animals​.